Telugu Language Day
- Telugu Language Day is observed on 29 August annually in Andhra Pradesh.
- This date was chosen to coincide with birthday of Telugu poet Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy.
- He has immense contribution to Telugu language specifically Vyavaharika Bhasha or Vaaduka Bhasha (Colloquial language).
- He simplified the Granthika Bhasha (Sanskrit) into Vyavaharika Bhasha (language for common man) or textbooks and literature to make it available to the people.
